Freedom News Group reintroduces Spanish-language La Prensa and Excélsior newspapers

SANTA ANA and RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – May 1, 2015 – To actively engage and better serve the 3.3 million Latinos that live and work in Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties, Freedom News Group is reintroducing its weekly Spanish-language UNIDOS newspaper as two distinctly local editions – La Prensa and Excélsior – starting today. 

La Prensa, founded in 1999, concentrates on news and information specific to Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Excelsior, founded in 1992, focuses on Orange County. The two newspapers had previously been combined and renamed as UNIDOS in March 2014.

Both newspapers also cover topics of general interest to the Latino community, and are closely integrated with Freedom News Group’s daily newspapers, The Press-Enterprise and The Orange County Register.

Additionally, the newspapers will also launch local websites on ocexcelsior.com and laprensaca.com websites this summer, leveraging a mobile-friendly platform that delivers market-specific content and location-based advertising.

Total Friday circulation for the two newspapers is 170,000. La Prensa distributes 95,000 copies in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and the eastern tip of Los Angeles County. Excélsior distributes 75,000 copies in Orange County.

The evolution is a direct result of feedback from readers and advertisers, who had developed strong affinities and recognition for the newspapers under their original names, said Orlando Ramirez, Publisher of La Prensa and Excélsior.

“Together La Prensa and Excélsior have a combined history of nearly 40 years, and have played important roles in the Latino community,” Ramirez said. “By re-launching these brands, we honor our history and renew our commitment to the growing Latino markets in the Inland Empire and Orange County.”

Ramirez, a 33-year journalism veteran in Southern California, will be hosting Meet the Publisher events with Latino leaders at the newspapers’ offices to explain how they can be more actively involved and engaged with their local newspapers.

Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties are among the most desirable in the nation for reaching Hispanics with expendable income and buying power. When combined, the three counties rank as the second largest Latino community in the nation based on population.

Section-specific, run-of-paper and insert advertising is available in both newspapers. Insert ads may be targeted to north and south zones in Orange County, or one of six geographic zones to reach Riverside or San Bernardino counties.

Both papers are distributed across nearly 3,000 rack and retail locations. Distribution is audited, and focuses on Hispanic-dominant communities and locations where multigenerational Hispanics live, work, shop and play. They include Latino grocers, family and children’s clothing stores, restaurants, coffee shops, toy stores, electronics retailers, beauty salons and entertainment venues.

Each award-winning newspaper contains the following three sections:

•Noticias: Spotlights news, business developments and newsmakers on a local, regional, national and international level – with a special focus on Latin America where readers have deep roots and family connections;

•Deportes: From the Mexican and European leagues soccer, as well as MLS soccer to upcoming boxing matches, MLB, NBA and NFL, Deportes covers the the major league teams as well as local fútbol club leagues triumphing on the neighborhood fields.

•NEXT: The section appeals to bilingual and multigenerational Hispanics who love all things entertainment – celebrity news, movie and music event listings and reviews, a gossip column, nightlife, fashion, trending topics on Twitter, top 10 lists and crossword puzzles. A robust list of events will also be included in the section, to offer suggestions on things to do and places to go throughout the weekend and coming week.

About Freedom News Group 
Freedom News Group is part of Freedom Communications, a privately owned company headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif. The Freedom News Group portfolio includes two daily newspapers: The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif. and the Orange County Register in Santa Ana, Calif. Freedom News Group also publishes community newspapers that serve specific cities, audiences and geographic areas. The company's portfolio also includes highly designed glossy magazines such as Coast, OC Register Family and Southland Golf, a custom publishing unit, news and entertainment websites, and mobile applications. For media inquiries, contact Eric Morgan at 714-796-2460 or emorgan@freedom.com.

Today in Labor History

May 01  --   Union Communications Services, Inc.

Mary Harris “Mother” Jones born in County Cork, Ireland - 1830
(The Autobiography of Mother Jones: Mary Harris Jones—“Mother Jones”—was the most dynamic woman ever to grace the American labor movement. Employers and politicians around the turn of the century called her “the most dangerous woman in America” and rebellious working men and women loved her as they never loved anyone else.)

Cigar makers in Cincinnati warn there could be a strike in the fall if factory owners continue to insist that they pay 30¢ per month for gas heat provided at work during mornings and evenings - 1883

Eight-hour day demonstration in Chicago and other cities begins tradition of May Day as international labor holiday - 1886

The Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union strikes in San Francisco, demanding one day of rest per week, a 10-hour work day and a union shop for all restaurants in the city - 1901

Mother Jones’ 100th birthday celebrated at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Md. She died six months later - 1930

New York City’s Empire State Building officially opens. Construction involved 3,400 workers, mostly immigrants from Europe, and hundreds of Mohawk iron workers. Five workers died during construction - 1931

Congress enacts amendments to the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, extending protections to the employees of state and local governments—protections which didn’t take effect until 1985 because of court challenges and regulation-writing problems - 1974

The federal minimum wage rises to $2 per hour - 1974

Int’l Molders & Allied Workers Union merges with Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers Int’l Union - 1988

Woodworkers of America Int’l merges with Int’l Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers - 1994

Int’l Leather Goods, Plastics & Novelty Workers Union merges with Service Employees Int’l Union - 1996

Rallies in cities across the U.S. for what organizers call “A Day Without Immigrants.” An estimated 100,000 immigrants and sympathizers gathered in San Jose, Calif., 200,000 in New York, 400,000 each in Chicago and Los Angeles. In all, there were demonstrations in at least 50 cities - 2006
(Mobilizing Against Inequality: Unions, Immigrant Workers, and the Crisis of Capitalism: Are immigrant workers themselves responsible for low wages and shoddy working conditions? Should unions expend valuable time and energy organizing undocumented workers? Unions in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States have taken various approaches to confront the challenges of this significant segment of the workforce. As U.S. immigration policy is debated, readers will gain insight into how all workers benefit when wages and working conditions for immigrant workers are improved.)

Here’s how 10 news home pages showed the homicide ruling for Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore

Here’s how 10 news home pages showed the homicide ruling for Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore

Tribune Publishing Stock Struggling

With the pending financial report due next Wednesday the stock for Tribune Publishing has been inching downwards the last five days.

Tribune Media Company Announces Completion of Secondary Offering of Class A Common Stock by Selling Stockholders

NEW YORK, April 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Company (NYSE:TRCO) (the "Company") announced today the completion of the secondary offering of 9,240,073 shares of Class A common stock by stockholders affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. at a public offering price of $56.00 per share. The selling stockholders have granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,386,010 additional shares of Class A common stock. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the secondary offering. The secondary offering was made only by means of a prospectus.

The offering was made through an underwriting group led by Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, who acted as joint book-running managers and as representatives of the underwriters for the offering.  Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Securities also acted as joint book-running managers, and BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Evercore ISI and Guggenheim Securities acted as co-managers.

Copies of the prospectus may be obtained from:

• Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014; and
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• J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, Attention: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Ave., Edgewood, NY 11717, (866) 803-9204 FREE.
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A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the SEC. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state.

Tribune Media Company (NYSE:TRCO) is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment and sports programming. Tribune Media is comprised of Tribune Broadcasting's 42 owned or operated local television stations reaching over 50 million households, national entertainment network WGN America, available in approximately 73 million households, Tribune Studios, and Gracenote, one of the world's leading sources of TV and music metadata powering electronic program guides in televisions, automobiles and mobile devices.  Tribune Media also includes Chicago's WGN-AM, the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV. Additionally, the Company owns and manages a significant number of real estate properties across the U.S. and holds other strategic investments in media. For more information please visit www.tribunemedia.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements," including with respect to the secondary offering, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which may be beyond our control. We caution you that the forward-looking information presented in this press release is not a guarantee of future events, and that actual events may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking information contained in this press release. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "plan," "seek," "comfortable with," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe" or "continue" or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. Any forward-looking information presented herein is made only as of the date of this press release, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise.

Today in Media History: In 2011, Twitter broke the news of Osama bin Laden’s death

Today in Media History: In 2011, Twitter broke the news of Osama bin Laden’s death

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

The State of the News Media 2015 - Nieman Lab

Global press freedom is in bad shape - Business Insider

Warning Tribune Media Co Pesimists! - OCTA Finance

Pew report portends digital slog for newspapers - Poynter

20 Problems Journalists Deal with on Daily Basis - News Castic

The New York Times Company posted a $14 million net loss - N.Y. Times

“It’s culture first, audience second and revenue third,” - Editor and Publisher

Pew: Print media is dying, digital readers just 'flybys' - Washington Examiner

Statesman to shutter Austin printing operation; workers face layoffs - Biz Journal

Newspaper Guild members vote 407-105 to become News Guild of N. Y. - Romenesko

New Media Investment Group ups revenues and plans to buy more papers

New Media Investment Group ups revenues and plans to buy more papers

Today in Media History: Wall Street Journal launched its first full online site in 1996

Today in Media History: Wall Street Journal launched its first full online site in 1996

Today in Labor History

April 29  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

Coxey’s Army of 500 unemployed civil war veterans reaches Washington, D.C. - 1894

An estimated one thousand silver miners, angry over low wages, the firing of union members and the planting of spies in their ranks by mine owners, seize a train, load it with 3,000 pounds of dynamite, and blow up the mill at the Bunker Hill mine in Wardner, Idaho - 1899

The special representative of the National War Labor Board issues a report, “Retroactive Date for Women’s Pay Adjustments,” setting forth provisions for wage rates for women working in war industries who were asking for equal pay. Women a year earlier had demanded equal pay for comparable work as that done by men – 1943

State of the News Media 2015 — A new ranking of digital sites

State of the News Media 2015 — A new ranking of digital sites

This book by ex-newspaper exec needed no ghost writer - LA Observed

This book by ex-newspaper exec needed no ghost writer - LA Observed

Minneapolis Star-Tribune & Newspaper Publishing: "Good Neighbors" 1944

The Boston Globe to The Baltimore Sun: ‘You’re really doing extraordinary work.’

The Boston Globe to The Baltimore Sun: ‘You’re really doing extraordinary work.’

Newspaper digital audience springs forward to 176 million

Newspaper digital audience springs forward to 176 million

BY JIM CONAGHAN, NAA VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH & INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Download full PDF of the report

Key Facts

The digital audience engaged with newspaper content reached a new peak in March 2015, totaling 176 million adult unique visitors. The count is a 10% increase from the 161 million unique visitors measured by comScore in March 2014.

The latest data also revealed:

— Those who use only mobile devices, rather than desktop or laptops, to consume newspaper digital content increased 53% in March 2015 from the same month a year ago, to 71 million adult unique visitors.

— Newspaper digital content net reach was highest for women age 25-34 and 35-44, at 92% for both groups.

— The newspaper digital audience was slightly younger than the overall Internet audience, with 56% of the unique visitors for newspaper digital under the age of 45 compared to 53% of the total Internet audience.

Obama calls out media for coverage of Baltimore

Obama calls out media for coverage of Baltimore

LA Times hires in China and on the West beat - LA Observed

LA Times hires in China and on the West beat - LA Observed

Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere

Toledo Free Press folds after 10 years - Romenesko

The importance of newspapers - Russellville Courier

Wall Street Journal's digital revamp - Editors Weblog

Siri can read Tribune on Apple Watch - Robert Feder

New Russian media ownership law - Russia Beyond the Headlines

Google Announces Partnership With Newspapers In Europe - NPR

Production: The Power of Print Still Prevails - Editor and Publisher

Journalists Facing Biggest Threats in Recent Times - The New York Times

Major interest in digital and offset print app's from Heidelberg - World Press Online

A. H. Belo Corporation Announces First Quarter 2015 Financial Results - Yahoo Finance

Today in Media History: News apps were still years away when iTunes opened in 2003

Today in Media History: News apps were still years away when iTunes opened in 2003

Cathleen Decker named California politics columnist for LA Times - LA Observed

Cathleen Decker named California politics columnist for LA Times - LA Observed

The Boston Globe is sending lunch to The Baltimore Sun today

The Boston Globe is sending lunch to The Baltimore Sun today

Today in Labor History

April 28  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

Coal mine collapses at Eccles, W.Va., killing 181 workers - 1914

A total of 119 die in Benwood, W.Va., coal mine disaster - 1924

United Wallpaper Craftsmen & Workers of North America merges with Pulp, Sulfite & Paper Mill Workers - 1958

American Federation of Hosiery Workers merges with Textile Workers Union of America - 1965

Congress creates OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The AFL-CIO sets April 28 as “Workers Memorial Day” to honor the hundreds of thousands of workers killed and injured on the job every year - 1970

First “Take Our Daughters to Work Day,” promoted by the Ms. Foundation, to boost self-esteem of girls with invitations to a parent’s workplace - 1993

April 27
First strike for 10-hour day, by Boston carpenters - 1825

James Oppenheim’s poem “Bread and Roses” published in IWW newspaper Industrial Solidarity - 1911
(Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology: Originally published in 1964 and long out of print, Rebel Voices remains by far the biggest and best source on IWW history, fiction, songs, art, and lore. This edition includes 40 pages of additional material from the 1998 Charles H. Kerr edition by Fred Thompson and Franklin Rosemont, and a preface by Wobbly organizer Daniel Gross.)

President Dwight Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment. The order listed “sexual perversion” as a condition for firing a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants - 1953

A cooling tower for a power plant under construction in Willow Island, West Virginia collapses, killing 51 construction workers in what is thought to be the largest construction accident in U.S. history. OSHA cited contractors for 20 violations, including failures to field test concrete. The cases were settled for $85,000—about $1,700 per worker killed - 1978

McClatchy’s stock continues to take a pummeling

McClatchy’s stock continues to take a pummeling

Today in Media History: The seizure of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez

Today in Media History: The seizure of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez

Boyarsky takes on Riordan at the Los Angeles book fest | Bill Boyarsky | Jewish Journal

Boyarsky takes on Riordan at the Los Angeles book fest | Bill Boyarsky | Jewish Journal

Today in Labor History

April 22  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

Songwriter, musician and activist Hazel Dickens dies at age 75. Among her songs: “They’ll Never Keep Us Down” and “Working Girl Blues.” Cultural blogger John Pietaro: "Dickens didn’t just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them. Her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause" - 2011

Publishing revenue declines continue at Gannett on the eve of spinoff

Publishing revenue declines continue at Gannett on the eve of spinoff

You Are What You Read - Newspaper Humor

1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.

3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crossword puzzles.

4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but really understand The New York Times. They do, however, like their statist shown in pie charts.

5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country – if they could find the time – and if they didn't have to leave Southern California to do it.

6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a far superior job of it, thank you very much.

7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren’t too sure who’s running the country and don’t really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.

8. The New York Post is read by people who don’t care who’s running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.

9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores.

10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren’t sure there is a country … or that anyone is running it; but, if so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are Handicapped, minority, feminist, dwarfs, who also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided, of course, that they are not Republicans.

Tribune Media Company to Report First Quarter 2015 Financial Results and Host Conference Call

NEW YORK, April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) (the "Company") announced it will report financial results for the three months ended March 29, 2015 before the market opens on Friday, May 8, 2015. The Company will conduct a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET, following the release of its earnings announcement.

A live audio webcast of the call will be available here and on the Investor Relations homepage of Tribune Media's website atwww.tribunemedia.com. The conference call can also be accessed by dialing 888-317-6003 FREE (domestic) or 412-317-6061(international). The confirmation code is 0928075.

An audio webcast replay will be available in the Events & Presentations section of the Tribune Media website.  A replay of the call will also be available at 877-344-7529 FREE (domestic) or 412-317-0088 (international). The replay access code is 10064374. 

The earnings release, presentation deck and other information related to the call will be accessible from the Investor Relations homepage of the Tribune Media website and on the Company's IR mobile application.

Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment and sports programming. Tribune Media is comprised of Tribune Broadcasting's 42 owned or operated local television stations reaching over 50 million households, national entertainment network WGN America, available in approximately 73 million households, Tribune Studios, and Gracenote, one of the world's leading sources of TV and music metadata powering electronic program guides in televisions, automobiles and mobile devices.  Tribune Media also includes Chicago's WGN-AM, the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV. Additionally, the Company owns and manages a significant number of real estate properties across the U.S. and holds other strategic investments in media. For more information please visit www.tribunemedia.com.

SOURCE Tribune Media Company

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Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Michael Higby by artist Wally Wharton

2015 Pulitzer Winners - Pulitzer

Daily Breeze managing editor: ‘We are stunned’ - Poynter

Gannett names its broadcast spinoff Tegna - Newscast Studio

Politico plans to double its reporting staff to about 500 - The Guardian

Tribune Media communications exec exits under the radar - Robert Feder

Blue Harbour Establishes New Position in Tribune Media - Market Realist

Tribune Media Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Buy” - The Legacy

L.A. Times wins Pulitzers for coverage of California drought and cultural criticism - LAT

Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori's Pay Rises to $23 Million in 2014 - Hollywood Reporter

Tribune Media Announces Launch of Secondary Offering of Common Stock - CNN Money

LA Times brings on new chief flack from Obama White House - LA Observed

LA Times brings on new chief flack from Obama White House - LA Observed

Today in Media History: World War I news stories described the end of the Red Baron

Today in Media History: World War I news stories described the end of the Red Baron

Today in Labor History

April 21 --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signs Taylor Law, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike - 1967
(A Primer on American Labor Law is an accessible guide written for nonspecialists—labor and management representatives, students, general practice lawyers, and trade unionists, government officials, and academics from other countries. It covers such topics as the National Labor Relations Act, unfair labor practices, the collective bargaining relationship, dispute resolution, the public sector, and public-interest labor law.)

Some 12,500 Goodyear Tire workers strike nine plants in what was to become a 3-week walkout over job security, wage and benefit issues - 1997

Happy Boots

News Conference Extra: Los Angeles Times Publisher

It's the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles Times' Festival of Books. Times Publisher and Chief Executive Austin Beutner talks with NBC4's Conan Nolan about the importance of books and all the changes at the newspaper since he took the helm last September.

Today in Media History: Reporters covered the first official Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park

Today in Media History: Reporters covered the first official Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park

Today in Labor History

April 20 
Nearly 10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers’ win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912

Ludlow massacre: Colorado state militia, using machine guns and fire, kill about 20 people—including 11 children—at a tent city set up by striking coal miners - 1914

An unknown assailant shoots through a window at United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther as he is eating dinner at his kitchen table, permanently impairing his right arm. It was one of at least two assassination attempts on Reuther. He and his wife later died in a small plane crash under what many believe to be suspicious circumstances - 1948

National Association of Post Office Mail Handlers, Watchmen, Messengers & Group Leaders merge with Laborers - 1968

United Auto Workers members end a successful 172-day strike against International Harvester, protesting management demands for new work rules and mandatory overtime provisions - 1980

Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: A Sunday Joselitos Gathering in Remembrance of Michael Higby

Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: A Sunday Joselitos Gathering in Remembrance of Michael Higby

Services for Michael Higby

For any friends of Michael Higby , his funeral will be Saturday May 9th at 1:00pm. New 

Hope Community Church.
10438 Oro Vista Ave.
Sunland, CA 91040

I am hopeful that we can all share good memories, and re-live so many of the funny moments that originated in the 1990s Higby era. Please try to dig up any old pictures you may have and bring them.

h/t Jason Ross

Michael Higby, Debbie Cortez-Lopez, and Edward

Randy Economy: Remembering Mike Higby today here in Los Angeles. ...

Randy Economy: Remembering Mike Higby today here in Los Angeles. ...
Sad to hear that Mike Higby has passed away unexpectedly. Mike was a political icon here in Los Angeles and was more than just a political watchdog/reporter/talk show host...Mike was also a kind soul to many of us who were fortunate enough to know him on a personal level. The details of Mike Higby's death have not been fully disclosed but today I ask that all of you take the time to say a Prayer for Mike Higby and his Soul.

Joseph Mailander will be the guest on tonight's radio show.

'Sábado Gigante' to end after 53 years and 3,000 Saturday nights - LA Observed

'Sábado Gigante' to end after 53 years and 3,000 Saturday nights - LA Observed

Reporter covers massive bee spill, gets stung

Reporter covers massive bee spill, gets stung

Today in Labor History

April 18  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

West Virginia coal miners strike, defend selves against National Guard - 1912

After a four-week boycott led by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., bus companies in New York City agree to hire 200 black drivers and mechanics - 1941

City Council Honors Michael Higby

City Council adjourning motion by Council Member Mike Bonin in support of adjourning in honor of Michael Higby in Van Nuys City Hall to-day. Speaking extemporaneously, Bonin acknowledged Higby's sharp criticism of City politics, said that Higby's blog MayorSam had been not only a blog but a forerunner to many other such blogs, and praised Higby for finding a way through communication to engage more people in local politics

h/t Joseph Mailander